Bluegrass At Large

Modern Guitars Magazine is currently featuring a two page interview with Chuck Erikson, nicknamed The Duke of Pearl. Erikson got his start as a banjo builder, but soon developed an interest in inlay. Discovering that small shop instrument builders did not

Friends and fans of noted newgrass vocalist John Cowan have long held that he has a heart as big as his voice, but even the heartiest isn't immune to health concerns. After experiencing chest pains last Thursday, John was hospitalized where

MasterShield Records is happy to announce that Bill Yates of Country Gentlemen fame and more recently an artist on the MasterShield label is being inducted into the VFMA (Virginia Folk Music Association) Hall of Fame on Saturday, September 15, 2007,

D'Addario Strings has announced a recall on their humidity control products in the Humidipak line. It seems there is a potential defect that allows the solution to leak through the product lining. We have discovered that we have a potential defect

Our industrious British correspondent, Richard F. Thompson, is back with an expanded overview of a story Brance posted last month. Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs will be among this year's five new inductees into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, the

Roberto Dalla Vecchia is organizing what he feels sure is the first ever meeting of Italian flatpickers, scheduled for September 22 in Milan. The site of this six string summit will be the Italian Music Fair MEET, which Roberto describes

Speaking of Gene Watson & Rhonda Vincent .... If you want to here them perform their duet live and in person and you are going to be in the Bristol Area, They are both going to be at the Rhythm

I hated it when I heard that Blueridge broke up, but I do love the sound of "GrassTowne." What happened to Mr. Sisk of Blueridge? I really liked his singing. Are there any info. on the rest of the group?

Richard Thompson, our enterprising British corespondent, has found a mandolin gem he recommends to eight stringers worldwide. Lou Martin, born 1944, mandolin disciple of both Bill Monroe and Ralph Rinzler, has published his third book devoted to the teaching and understanding

Mandolin Cafe is handling the sale of a Gilchrist Model 1 mandolin, recently acquired through an anonymous donor, which be sold online to raise money for Butch Baldassari's medical fund. Butch is undergoing treatment for an inoperable brain tumor, and